Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18

  • Launched: January 2023
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~80.1%
  • Dimensions: 399 x 294 x 23.1 mm (15.71 x 11.57 x 0.91 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18
Performance
96
Gaming
91
Display
63
Battery Life
62
Connectivity
79
Portability
35
BestCheck Score
71

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18

Case

Weight 3.1 kg (6.84 lbs)
Dimensions 399 x 294 x 23.1 mm 15.71 x 11.57 x 0.91 inches
Area 1173 cm2 (181.8 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.1%
Side bezels 5.7 mm
Colors Black
Material Aluminum
Transformer No
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Liquid metal Yes
Number of fans 3
Max. fan speed (RPM) 6400 RPM
Noise level (max. load) 55.8 dB

Display

 
Size 18 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 240 Hz
PPI 168 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision
Sync technology G-Sync
Touchscreen No
Coating Matte
Ambient light sensor No
Display tests
Contrast 907:1
sRGB color space 100%
Adobe RGB profile 84.9%
DCI-P3 color gamut 100%
Response time 3 ms
Max. brightness
500 nits

Battery

Capicity
Full charging time 1:40 hr
Battery type Li-Ion
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Left
Charge power 330 W
Weight of AC adapter 968 grams

CPU

 
Base frequency 2.2 GHz
Turbo frequency 5.6 GHz
Cores 24 (8P + 16E)
Threads 32
L3 Cache 36 MB
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
Fabrication process 10 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2958
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
18336
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
2267
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
32512

Graphics Card

 
TGP 175 W
Nvidia Optimus MUX
Type Dedicated
Fabrication process 4 nm
FLOPS 24.7 TFLOPS
Memory size 12 GB
Memory type GDDR6
Memory bus 192 bit
Memory speed ~16 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 7424
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 232
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 80
GPU performance
24.7 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 4800 MHz
Type DDR5
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
Max. ram size 64 GB

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
NVMe Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Power 4x2W
Dolby Atmos Yes
Loudness ~82.7 dB
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E
Bluetooth v5.3
Fingerprint No
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
SD card reader No
Proprietary charging port Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Backlight Yes
Key travel 2 mm
Touchpad
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes